With a knife in his right hand, Cheung Shun-king turns the tile with the other to cut into it. From time to time, he gently blows away the shavings.
The 65-year-old artisan believes there are only three or four carvers left in Hong Kong. Cheung is trying to revive interest in the tradition by holding classes in his shop, a 9sq m corner under the stairs of an old-style shophouse. “It is because I carve them one after another, complete them one by one instead of using a mould. Sometimes, the strength I apply may be different if I just have had a meal or chat while carving.”
Hong Kong once was dotted with mahjong parlours, where people could play against strangers for money, but few are left.
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